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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Year's War. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. -
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Louis XVI
Louis XVI was the last king in France in the line of the Bourbon monarchs preceding the French Revolution of 1789. He was executed by guillotine in 1793. -
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Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France who helped provoke the popular unrest that led to the French Revolution and to the overthrow of the monarchy in August 1792. -
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Maximilien de Robespierre
Maximilien de Robespierre was an official during the French Revolution and one of the principal architects of the Reign of Terror. He was a radical Jocobin leader and one of the principal figures in the French Revolution. -
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was a military general and the first emperor of France who is considered on of the world's greatest military leaders. His drive for military expansion changed the world. -
Storming of the Bastille
On July 14, 1789 Bastille was attacked by a angry and aggressive mob. -
Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens
Is a document of the French Revolution and in the history of human civil rights. -
Women's March on Versailles
An angry mob of nearly 7,000 women armed with pitchforks, pikes and muskets marched in the rain from Paris to Versailles, where the captured the king and queen and took them back to Paris. -
Tennis Court Oath
In Versailles, France, the deputies of the Third Estate meet on the Jeu de Paume, and indoor tennis court, in defiance of King Louis XVI's order to disperse, In these modest surroundings, they took a historic oath not to disband until a new French constitution bad been adopted. -
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Reign of Terror
Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. -
The End of the French Revolution
Napoleon arrived in Paris on time to lead a coup against the Directory in 1799, eventually stepping up and naming himself "fist consul", the leader of France, With Napoleon at the helm, the Revolution ended, and France entered a fifteen-year period of military ruler. -
Battle of Trafalgar
One of the most decisive naval battles in history, a British fleet under Admiral Lord Nelson defeats a combined French and Spanish fleet at the Battle of Trafalgar, fought off the coast of Spain. -
Battle of Austerlitz
The first engagement of the War of the Third Coalition and one of Napoleon's greatest victories. -
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Invasion of Russia
The Invasion of Russia began when Napoleon's Grande Armee crossed the Neman River in a attempt to engage and defeat the Russian army. -
Napoleon Bonaparte's exile to Elba
Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France and one of the greatest military leaders in history, abdicates the throne and in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba. -
Napoleon Bonaparte exiled to St Helena
He was exiled to the island of Elba near Rome. Napoleon escaped from Elba in February 1815 and took control of France once again. -
Battle of Waterloo
The Battle of Waterloo took place in Belgium, and marked the final defeat of French military leader and emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.